Bottle-sealing device



(No Model.) I

- A. M. GOWART.

BOTTLE SEALING DEVICE.

Patented Nov. 10, 1896.

azidraw M. Cowarfi ATTORNEYS.

NITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ANDREXV M. COlVART, OF PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA.

BOTTLE-SEALING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,262, dated November10, 1896.

Application filed March 17, 1896- serial No. 583,536. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW M. CoWART, a citizen of the United States,residing at Punta Gorda, in the county of De Soto and State of Florida,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-SealingDevices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is asectional view of a bottle .pro' vided with my improved sealing device.Fig. 2 is a detail plan view of the cap. Fig. 3 is a sectional view ofthe several parts detached 5 and Fig. 4. is a perspective view of thecap, showing the same as it appears when broken.

My invention relates to that class of bottlesealing devices in which thebottle is sealed by a cap permanently secured over the neck thereof andformed of frangible material, so that the top of the cap must be brokenoff before the cork can be reached.

The object of the invention is to look a frangible screw-cap to the neckof the bottle by an inaccessible key, so that the top of the cap must bebroken off to gain access to the cork and thereby prevent the bottlebeing refilled with imitations of its original contents and used overagain as an original package.

The invention will first be described, and then specifically pointed outin the claims.

A represents an ordinary bottle having an externally-threaded neck (1,provided with a longitudinally-extending keyway ct intersecting itsthreads.

B isa cap formed of frangible material, such as glass or even metal. Theinterior of the cap is screw-threaded, as at b, and provided with alongitndinally-extending keyway I), which will register with the keywaya when the cap is screwed on the bottle-neck. The top of the cap isprovided with an aperture 6 which registers with the keyway b, so thatthe key 0, of glass or other material, may be inserted in the ways a bafter the cap has been screwed down. The top 13 of the cap is connectedwith the tubular body B thereof by means of legs h in order that the topmay be readily severed or broken off by a light blow when access to thebottle is desired. The key will hold the cap from being unscrewed, andif undue force is applied the top of the cap will be wrenched off. Afterthe bottle has been closed by the cork the cap B will be screwed 011 andthe hole 79 filled with some cement that will not be affected by heat,cold, or moisture, and the key 0 will be inserted down through thecement while still plastic and the head of the key will be covered overthereby; or the key may be coated with a suitable cement and theninserted to hold the cap in place.

It will be seen that the purchasing public will be protected and assuredin getting a bottle filled with its original contents, as the absence ofthe cap-top will show conclusively that the contents of the bottle havebeen tampered with.

The lower end of the key cannot be reached to drive it upward, as thekeyways are not extended down far enough to permit entrance to the key.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is

1. A bottle, provided with a frangible cap to fit over its neck, keywaysin the cap and neck, an aperture being formed in the cap in line withits keyway and a non-removable key adapted to be inserted through saidaperture into the ways to lock the cap against removal; the key being ofa length to cause its upper end to lie within the aperture and therebypermit of the insertion of a non-removable cement thereover,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a bottle having an externally-threaded andlongitudinally-' grooved neck, and a cork closing the neck, of aninternally-threaded cap screwed on the neck and having an internalgroove or keyway registering with that in the neck and an aperture inits top leading thereto; the top of the cap being connected to the bodyby frangible legs, and a key inserted into the keyways through saidaperture the aperture being permanently closed above the key,substantially as set forth.

ANDRE? M. COWVART.

Witnesses:

J. L. J was, II. RICE.

